1. And Sara lived a hundred and twenty-seven years.
2. And she died in the city of Arbee which is Hebron, in the land of Chanaan: and Abraham came to mourn and weep for her.
3. And after he rose up from the funeral obsequies, he spoke to the children of Heth, saying:
4. I am a stranger and sojourner among you: give me the right of a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead.
5. The children of Heth answered, saying:
6. My Lord, hear us, thou art a prince of God among us: bury thy dead in our principle sepulchers: and no man shall have power to hinder thee from burying thy dead in his sepulcher.
7. Abraham rose up, and bowed down to the people of the land, to wit the children of Heth:
8. And said to them: If it please your soul that I should bury my dead, hear me, and intercede for me to Ephron the son of Seor.
9. That he may give me the double cave, which he hath in the end of his field: for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me before you, for a possession of a buryingplace.
10. Now Ephron dwelt in the midst of the children of Heth. And Ephron made answer to Abraham in the hearing of all that went in at the gate of the city, saying:
11. Let it not be so, my lord, but do thou rather hearken to what I say: The field I deliver to thee, and the cave that is therein, in the presence of the children of my people, bury thy dead.
12. Abraham bowed down before the people of the land,
13. And he spoke to Ephron, in the presence of the people: I beseech thee to hear me: I will give money for the field: take it, and so I will bury my dead in it.
14. And Ephron answered: